Britain’s economy contracted less than expected in January, but nevertheless showed the dire impact of lockdown on economic activity. The European Central Bank said it would speed up the pace of bond buying to lean against the rise in yields but didn’t provide an awful of clarity overall.

Markets are pricing in a big Labour win in UK election as the U.S. Federal Reserve continues pushing back interest rate cuts — even in the face of weaker economic data.

You’ll see the media report ‘Iowa poll sees markets revise Trump trade’.

US presidential election update: Bank of America strategists say the Blue-nami outcome, which had been initially considered negative for equities, is being priced in better by the market and may now be a positive. “Blue wave election outcome (Democrats winning) has curiously flipped from consensus bear to bull catalyst in recent months,” they say.  The […]

French-German bond spreads continued to widen on Friday, while French stocks — particularly the benchmark CAC 40 index — slumped amid election fears.